1956 Death Certificate: Johanna Augusta [ANDERSON] BOYD
[Source: New Jersey State Department of Health and Vital Records. This record proves Johanna Augusta's birth date, and gives us her father's name.] State Department of Health of New Jersey Place of Death, County: Morris Place of Death, City: Dover Place of Death, Full Name of Hospital or Institution (if not in hospital or insitution, … Read more
1881 Ship Passenger List: Johanna Augusta ANDERSON from Torsång, Falun, Sweden bound for New York, USA
[Source: ancestry.com's database of Gothenburg, Sweden's ship passenger lists. I don't know if this record's Johanna Augusta Anderson is my ancestor because I have found multiple Swedish emigrants with that name born around the same time she was. However, the age and emigration dates of this record's Johanna Augusta Anderson match my ancestor's, and the … Read more
1868 Alms House Record: William BOYD of Hardyston Township
[Source: The Sussex County Alms House, compiled by Phyllis M. and R. John Stanaback, 1990. Located in Sussex County Library Main Branch, Newton, NJ. This library happens to be next to the alms house. I don't know if this William Boyd is my ancestor, but the location fits and the age is very close. My … Read more
1896 Birth Certificate: Thomas CALLAHAN
[Thomas Callahan was the brother of my ancestor Elizabeth Callahan, and the son of John and Margaret Callahan. Their last name was also spelled Callaghan, O'Callahan and O'Callaghan. This document proves that Margaret's maiden name was Shields. Source: New York City Municipal Archives, Manhattan Births, Birth Certificate #44838] Birth Certificate of Thomas CALLAHAN certified by: … Read more
1919, 1921 LDS records: Anthony DOUGHERTY born 1762, & other DOUGHERTYs
Source: Logan Temple Baptisms for the Dead, 1884-1943, Heir Indexes, 1884-1955; by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Luacine Hoge Peery was a Dougherty relative/descendant. This record is a list of her relatives recorded at her “instance” when she was baptized by proxy in a Mormon Temple (she was deceased … Read more
1805 Inventory: Estate of Christopher GARDNER, deceased
Christopher GARDNER died some time between 12 June 1805 (when he appeared in front of a Judge to certify a land transaction) and 25 June 1805, when this inventory was made. June 25th 1805, a true Inventory of the movable estate of Christopher GARDNER, deceased in the County of Sussex, viz. Appraised by Cornelius MCELROY … Read more
1805 Deed: John WINANS et. al to Jonathan WRIGHT (including Benjamin ALLENTON, Jr. and Nancy GARDNER)
source: Sussex County, NJ Deed Book N, pages 305-308. This proves that Benjamin ALLENTON’s father was also named Benjamin ALLENTON. It also shows how varied the ALLINGTON surname is…even in one document about one family, it’s spelled ALLENTON/ALINGTON/ALLETON/ALLERTON. The land Christopher GARDNER’s daughters and their husbands were selling in the Pompton Mountains was East Jersey … Read more
1900 Census: John CALLAHAN household, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York
[John O'Callaghan's family moved to a few different apartments, but stayed in the same general neighborhood in southern Harlem/northern Upper East Side, Manhattan] Twelfth Census of the United States State: New York, County: New York, Borough of Manhattan, Enumerated on the 5 day of June 1900. East 102nd Street House Number: 306 Number of Family … Read more
1778 Military Record: D.A.R. membership application re:Christopher GARDNER in the Revolutionary War
[The following is excerpted from Application for Membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, number 472771.] The said Caroline (Carlin) GARDNER (GARNER) was the child of Christopher GARDNER born on about 1754 [? copy unreadable] at unknown died at Sussex Co., N.J. on 6-[? copy unreadable]- 1805 and his first … Read more
